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Are you interested in joining a dynamic organization that is at the forefront of building successful campaigns for working people?

The Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ is looking for a Lead Researcher to support the Union’s organizing campaigns and housing related policy agenda.

32BJ’s Research Department plays a vital role in the Union’s organizing campaigns by conducting research and developing and implementing strategies and tactics to advance campaign goals. Work includes serving as a resource and partner to campaign leadership, and performing industry, company and individual research.

Requirements:

• At least four years of professional work experience in the labor movement or community, racial justice, immigrant rights organizing, or other relevant progressive work.
• Experience in leading strategic campaigns in support of organizing and/or bargaining, including the development of campaign strategy
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, develop and supervise researchers and/or strategic campaign staff within a labor or progressive community organization
• Strong commitment to progressive social change and activist/labor movement experience
• Strong technical research skills and ability to apply research to development of strategic organizing campaigns
• Familiarity with corporate research, financial analysis, employment law or investigative journalism
• Experience with a variety of computer-based research tools and good quantitative skills
• Excellent writing ability
• Excellent political and internal organizational skills
• Ability to work well under tight deadlines and in a team environment
• Enthusiastic commitment to strengthening the labor movement

Scope of Work:

• Overseeing research support for new development and residential worker organizing campaigns in New York and New Jersey
• Overseeing research support the union’s work around residential and commercial development projects, rezonings and other issues related to its housing related policy agenda in NYC and NJ that seeks to strengthen the standards for the union’s base of membership of residential building service workers.
• Provide strategic support for the development of residential organizing campaigns in New York and New Jersey.
• Supervise, lead and develop research staff

32BJ offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package that includes employer-paid medical and dental plans for full-time staff and their qualified dependents.

32BJ is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people of color are encouraged to apply.

To Apply:
Please send a résumé, letter of interest, and a brief writing sample to: HR@seiu32bj.org. Please use “Lead Researcher” in the Subject line of your email.

Local 32BJ has implemented a vaccine mandate. Bona fide religious and ADA exemptions are permitted with additional safety measures.

Restore Forward Cooperative Retreat Center seeks a seasoned cooperative project manager to assist in our start-up phase.

Restore Forward Cooperative Retreat Center is a start-up cooperative enterprise that provides healing, justice, and reconciliation programs to members and individuals. The Cooperative’s steering committee is working with a team of cooperative consultants to lay the legal, economic, physical, cultural, and spiritual foundation for the enterprise. The Cooperative is part of a larger healing and reconciliation project spearheaded by Black Women’s Blueprint, Restore Forward, which includes a village, farm, and healing programs on 300 acres of land in Ava, New York (Oneida and Haudenosaunee territory). While the Cooperative has drafted bylaws and Black Women’s Blueprint is renovating the building where operations will be based, the Cooperative has not yet incorporated, secured financing, or taken over title or administration of any facilities.

The Project Manager will play a key role implementing the decisions of the Cooperative’s steering committee, managing our timelines and deliverables, and organizing the committee’s work. We are all activists and organizers who come from anti-violence and transformative justice legacies with a deep commitment to racial justice, healing, and reconciliation. It is important to us that the Project Manager is aligned with our values and practices, but deep familiarity with our movements is not necessary for this role. It is expected the Project Manager will travel to Ava, New York, to the site as needed. The position will be based with Black Women’s Blueprint on behalf of the Restore Forward Cooperative Retreat Center Steering Committee.

Restore Forward is committed to advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the workplace.  We continuously work with our staff to find new ways to increase diversity and to build and cultivate an inclusive and equitable work environment, where everyone can be their true-self and feel a strong sense of belonging.  As such, we seek to hire employees who have a commitment to and/or experience with diversity, equity, and inclusion.  In addition, we expect employees to participate/contribute with DEI initiatives or activities with recruitment, retention, and workplace culture. We strongly encourage those who are LGBTQIA+, women, disabled, and from economically disenfranchised or working class backgrounds to apply.

The Project Manager’s responsibilities will include:

• Scheduling Steering Committee meetings, including sending our calendar invites and assisting in agenda and materials preparation
• Overseeing the project timeline and ensuring the group meets deadlines
• Serving as a liaison between, and a convener for, committee members and Black Women’s Blueprint staff, vendors, consultants, volunteers, and potential members to coordinate activities and execute strategy
• Preparing budgets and providing financial reports to the steering committee
• Preparing job descriptions and contracts, conducting interviews, onboarding, supervising, and otherwise supporting the work of consultants or staff who the steering committee may deem necessary for the start-up phase
• Supporting the group to execute a feasibility study, which may include research into specific industries, outreach to stakeholders, analysis of financial and other data, and other tasks 
• Creating/adding to a database of potential members
• Working with the steering committee and co-op consultants to draft articulation of benefits and responsibilities of cooperative membership for each member class
• Developing and implementing a  plan for recruiting members to the cooperative
• Supporting the steering committee through the business planning process, with assistance and support from consultants as needed. 
• Holding responsibility for final business plan document that includes the feasibility study, financial projections, the overall narrative, and other components at the discretion of the steering committee
• Assisting with incorporation processes, including coordinating with a lawyer and a CPA
• Supporting the development of Board and operational policies 
• Supporting any funder reporting requirements

Required experience and skills:

• 4+ years project-managing start-up cooperatives, or equivalent experience within cooperatives
• Familiarity with business planning and market research
• Practiced in community organizing methods
• Familiarity and skill with tools such as Google Suite, Zoom, and CRMs
• Operational remote office set up (This position is primarily remote)
• Experience working remotely and with diverse constituencies
• Experience with anti-oppressive facilitation and conflict transformation processes
• Strong written and verbal communication and English language skills 
• Knowledgeable of consent-based or consensus decision-making
• Ability to work independently as needed, and with little supervision, or to collaborate with small teams
• Willing and able to travel to Ava, New York 

Compensation and benefits:

The Restore Forward Cooperative Retreat Center Steering Committee anticipates an average of 20 hours per week, with some fluctuation depending on the work plan. Compensation will be prorated based on a $60,000 full time equivalent salary and value-aligned benefits. 

To apply:

Please fill out this application by May 9th. The hiring process for final candidates will include two interviews, a reference check, and a brief skills test. The time spent on the test will be compensated at $36 hour. If you have any questions please direct them to​​ restoreforward@blueprintny.org.

CUP is hiring for a new position, Director of Operations & Development.

Learn more and apply at the link below by noon Eastern time on Wednesday, May 25th.

We’re looking for someone to joint our team to manage and develop our financial and administrative operations, including fundraising, budgeting, people and culture, facilities, and information technology. This person will play a critical role in advancing our mission and increasing the impact of our work.

In this role, you will have a chance to engage with all aspects of CUP’s operations, and will be part of our Leadership Team. The Director of Operations and Development will report to the Executive Director, work closely with the board and in partnership with the Director of Programs, and act as the central point of focus for our mission-sustaining development work. CUP has a full-time staff of 11 and an annual budget of $1.5 million. The person in this role will manage CUP’s core operations and supervise a staff of two team members as well as external partners and contractors.

The ideal candidate for this position would be someone with several years of increasingly complex experience in nonprofit development and operations, a desire to work in a collaborative setting with a broad range of partners; a belief in the power of design to effect change; and a commitment to racial justice and equity.

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The New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board, Workers United a/w SEIU is a strong, progressive Union. We are dedicated to organizing in order to fight and change an unjust economic system. Our union is the home of the Starbucks Workers United campaign and the NY Nail Salon Workers Association. We are currently seeking to fill the position of Organizing Director (OD).

The OD will be responsible for expanding and directing the Joint Board’s external organizing program and building power through the development of worker leadership and staff leadership. The OD will be a key member of the Joint Board’s Senior Leadership Team. As such, the OD will lead the Organizing Department and work with Union Representatives, Organizers, and workers to create and implement a long-term strategic growth plan that will increase the Union’s organizing and its membership size. The OD will oversee an approach which includes building a volunteer member organizer program, and staff development that will have a common thread of critical thinking, participation, and respect, with measurable results.

Duties and Responsibilities

 External Organizing

• Design and manage organizing campaigns, including comprehensive campaigns, strikes, and political action as approved by the General Manager.
• Work with organizing members, to support their leadership of campaigns.
• Supervise our organizing team, which includes the management of work plans and goal driven timelines as it relates to campaigns and the union-wide organizing program.
• Work with field, industry, and local staff to coordinate all aspects of the campaign including vision, strategy, timeline, budget, communication, community outreach, and politics.
• Lead planning, strategy, and implementation of all organizing drives with a goal of increasing the union’s membership by an agreed upon goal within a two-year timeline.
• Prepare strategic planning reports and budgets.
• Work to identify and analyze potential organizing targets that move us towards our Joint Board’s vision and optimize our established opportunities and power.
• Spearhead relationship building and cultivate meaningful collaborations with community leaders, student organizations, local politicians, and community-based organizations in the support of our campaigns.
• Coordinate with allies with similar goals to maximize resources and efficiency and opportunities for success.
• Recruit, interview and recommend hiring staff.
• Represent the NY NJ RJB at local events, community gatherings and workshops and to community leaders, local politicians, community-based organizations and the press.

Staff Development

• Assist in the coordination of staff development and implementation of the Union’s vision, programs, and campaigns.
• Work in partnership with Union Representatives to develop member leadership through committees, support turnout, issue development, visibility and power.
• Guide integration of politics, community relationships and organizing support into the daily work of staff.
• Hold team accountable to goals and outcomes.

Qualifications and Qualities 

• Believe that the Labor Movement and organizing workers into Unions is critical to fundamentally changing the economy and supporting workers’ efforts to take power.
• A high level of judgment, the ability to take initiative and work independently; must be able to work with elected officials, worker leaders, and staff in complex and sometimes political situations. A fundamental commitment to be a leader in the Joint Board.
• Is goal oriented with an ability to identify priorities and resources and ensure accountability and timeliness.
• Is able to adjust and be able to handle multiple “priority” projects simultaneously and meet established deadlines.
• Has a minimum of five years of Union Organizing experience, with at least two years successfully leading an organizing team.
• Comfortable using and explaining the use of databases, including excel and salesforce and a willingness to learn AirTable.
• Is Bilingual English/Spanish

Location: This work is currently hybrid – some in-person as necessary for the campaign, and some remote but all staff must be available to attend certain meetings and events in the office. In addition, it is a requirement to meet with workers face-to-face. This work will be conducted in the Greater New York metropolitan area.

Compensation & Benefits

• The Union offers a comprehensive benefits package, with fully paid health insurance, a pension, and an optional employee paid 401k.
• The Union follows careful Covid procedures and requires that all staff have a record of their vaccines on file with the Union.
• Compensation is $105,000 to $115,000 based on experience.

The New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board, Worker’s United is committed to equal opportunity for all employees and applicants and encourages applications from all qualified candidates. As a proud Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), we do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender fluidity, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. The Joint Board encourages women, people of color, trans and gender nonconforming people, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. Bilingual English-Spanish speakers are strongly encouraged to apply.

How to Apply

To apply, please send your cover letter and resume to Jobs@workersunitednynj.org . No phone calls please. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

SEIU Local 1

Chicago, IL

SEIU Local 1 has been on the cutting edge of building power for working people in service industries and fighting for economic, immigrant, racial and environmental justice.

We are looking to hire a Communications Director in Chicago to work on exciting campaigns and oversee communications efforts across six states.

The Communications Director will ensure that the Local develops and implements a robust communications program, internally with members and staff and externally (e.g., earned, and social media) to effectively convey Local 1’s key messages and help win for workers throughout the Midwest.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Manage, coach, and develop members of the communications staff.
• Develop long- and short-term traditional and digital strategies for effectively distributing the union’s message and winning contract, issue, and political campaigns.
• Knowledge of federal, state and local policy and campaign communications plans.
• Act as chief spokesperson for SEIU Local 1, its members and officers.
• Frame messages for unique audiences and promote a favorable image of the union with members, the general public, media, elected, working people and allies.
• Establish and maintain relationships with local and national media across the union’s territory to drive campaign wins.
• Produce and supervise the production of newsletters, website, social media content, news releases, op-eds, talking points, letters to the editor and other materials.
• Plan, organize and oversee media events.
• Develop and implement proactive earned media, social media, and digital outreach to help win campaigns and move decision makers.
• Prepare spokespeople for media interviews.
• Use digital tools to connect members virtually and consistently with Local 1.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, English, or related field.
• Five (5) to seven (7) years of communications experience in a progressive organization, politics, journalism, labor unions or other related field.
• Three (3) to five (5) years of experience leading the communications function and managing communications staff.
• Fluency in Spanish or Polish a plus.
• Ability to present ideas that are clear, creative and reach intended audiences.
• Ability to cultivate relationships with members of print, broadcast, and online media.
• Understanding of Adobe programs such as InDesign, Photoshop and other digital tools like Squarespace, peer-to-peer texting, and online ads.
• Project management skill and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet established deadlines, and
• Travel required and willingness to work long and irregular hours.

SALARY & BENEFITS:

• Salary is competitive and negotiable.
• Full benefits package including employer-paid health insurance, dental, vision & prescription insurance.
• Additional benefits include a traditional defined benefit pension plan, paid vacation, as well as tuition reimbursement and other benefits.

To Apply: Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter with salary requirements to: https://seiu1.applicantstack.com/x/apply/a2kqigcog51g